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Stage fright : politics and the performing arts in late Imperial Russia / Paul du Quenoy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Du Quenoy, Paul, 1977-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Performing arts--Political aspects--Russia.
- Performing arts.
- Theater--Political aspects--Russia.
- Theater.
- Performing arts--Russia--History--20th century.
- Theater--Russia--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- History.
- Theater--Political aspects.
- Performing arts--Political aspects.
- Russia.
- Popular culture--Russia--History--20th century.
- Russia--Intellectual life--1801-1917.
- Intellectual life.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2009]
- Summary:
- "Explores the relationship between culture and power in Imperial Russia. Argues that Russia's performing arts were part of a vibrant public culture that was usually ambivalent or hostile to the tumultuous political events of the revolutionary era"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- "An aspiration to novelty" : contours of the performing arts in late Imperial Russia
- "Such a risky time" : arts institutions and the challenge of politics
- "Politics are death" : Imperial theater performers
- "Our theater will not strike!" : private and popular theater performers
- "You dare not make sport of our nerves!" : the audiences
- "A new Bayreuth will save no one" : Russian modernism and its discontents
- "Art must be apolitical" : a conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-280) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271034676
- 027103467X
- OCLC:
- 256535107
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